Bought a couple of CDs this morning, my first two new releases this year:

Joss Stone - The Soul Sessions. Got caught up in the hype and couldn't resist it. Saw her perform on CD:UK and thought it was nicely funky. On first play sounds good, but not as great as I hoped. I'll live with it for a few weeks, see where it takes me.

Harry Connick, Jr. - Only You. Saw him on Parkinson a few weeks ago. Thought his voice was terrific and he came accross like a bloody nice bloke. The album is very easy listening, but in a good way - very much a Sunday morning record. I could live inside his croon - warm, smokey, calming.

Ian_Hewitson

perhaps inspired by the very metal Anvil thread elsewhere, on Saturday I parted good hard earned cash for The Best Heavy Metal Album in the World...Ever.

Now normally I would give compilations like this a very wide berth, but, encouraged by my young son, I took the plunge and now regret it. I should have read the cover more closely. Included are tracks by such metal legends as Tank, that Swedish bloke whose name I can't spell or pronounce (Ynweegie or something ?), and Megadeth. The final track is by none other than those gods of thunder, Nickelback.